snout

Plural: snouts

Noun

• a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head; especially the nose
• informal terms for the nose
• beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of certain insects such as e.g. weevils
• The long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast, as of pigs.
• The front of the prow of a ship or boat.
• A person's nose.
• The nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.
• The anterior prolongation of the head of a gastropod; a rostrum.
• The anterior prolongation of the head of weevils and allied beetles; a rostrum.
• Tobacco; cigarettes.
• The terminus of a glacier.
• A police informer.
• A butterfly in the nymphalid subfamily Libytheinae, notable for the snout-like elongation on their heads.

Verb

Verb Forms: snouted, snouting, snouts

• To provide with a nozzle or projecting front.
• To furnish with a nozzle or point.

Examples

• His glasses kept slipping further down onto his prominent snout.
• If you place the snout right into the bucket, it won't spray as much.
• The bizarre word ’SNOUT’ helped me reach the triple-letter score.
• The pig rooted around in the dirt with its snout.

Synonyms

beak, honker, hooter, neb, nozzle, rostrum, schnoz, schnozzle, snoot

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